A New Yorker State Of Mind Dives Into The Issue Of March 21, 1936
The efforts of a Spill favorite site, A New Yorker State Of Mind: Reading Every Issue of The New Yorker Magazine, continue to delight and inform. Go here to see what’s what in this March 21, 1936 issue. The cover is by the great Alajalov.
His A-Z eEntry :
Constantin Alajalov Born Constantin Aladjalov, 1900, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia. Died Oct., 1987, Amenia, New York. New Yorker work: !926 -1960. Perhaps best known for his New Yorker covers ( he also supplied cover art to other publications). Key collection: Conversation Pieces (The Studio Publications Inc., 1942) w/ commentary by Janet Flanner. A profile from The Saturday Evening Post.
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Chatfield Chats With Chitty
Hot on the heels of his talk with Emily Flake, Jason Chatfield (left, above) will speak (and possibly draw with) his New Yorker colleague, Tom Chitty (above, right) tomorrow at noon (EST) on Mr. Chatfield’s Draw Me Anything.There’s a very good chance the two will discuss Mr. Chitty’s new book (below).
